Switchable Dual-Wavelength Ytterbium-Doped Fiber Laser Based on a Few-Mode Fiber Grating

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 762-764

  Feng, Xinhuan ^a   Liu, Yange ^a   Fu, Shenggui ^a   Yuan, Shuzhong ^a   Dong, Xiaoyi ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Few mode fiber grating (FMFG); Polarization hole burning (PHB); Ytterbium doped fiber laser (YDFL)

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; GAIN MEASUREMENT; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MULTIMODE FIBERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; SWITCHING; THERMAL EFFECTS; YTTERBIUM;

FEW-MODE FIBER GRATINGS (FMFG); POLARIZATION HOLE BURNING; YTTERBIUM-DOPED FIBER GRATINGS (YDFG);

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 1642633868     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.823722     Document Type: Article

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